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It was a day steeped in history, on the very stage where Steve Jobs originally announced the Macintosh in 1984, and the iMac in 1998, Tim Cook mentioned Steve on stage for the first time since his death two years ago. There were also glimpses…
MacBook Pro Receives Minor Update, New Product Rumours Begin to Dominate, Dell and Blackberry Act Like Nothing Is Wrong, Are MacIntel's Days Numbered?
Weekly summary of stories from across the World of Apple during the week commencing 28th July, 2014. An attempt to summarise the more interesting stories from the week and lace them in observation and comment.
Week Summary: Apple Shows Off Latest Green Initiative, Yosemite Beta Goes Public, Earnings Hold Steady. R&D Spend Soars, Newest Ad Continues to Show New Colours
Weekly summary of stories from across the World of Apple during the week commencing 21st July, 2014. An attempt to summarise the more interesting stories from the week and lace them in observation and comment. Apple Shows Off Solar Array Towards the end of the…
Apple Holds Strong with Q313 Revenue of $35.3 billion
Apple today announced financial results for its third fiscal quarter of 2013 which ran from January April 1, 2013 until June 30. Apple posted revenue of $35.3 billion and net quarterly profit of $6.9 billion, or $7.47 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue…
Apple Announces Q213 Revenue of $43.6bn
Apple today announced financial results for its second fiscal quarter of 2013 which ran from January 1 2013 until March 31. Apple posted revenue of $43.6 billion and net quarterly profit of $9.5 billion, or $10.09 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of…
128GB iPad Release Contains a Message
Today Apple did something somewhat out of the norm for the company, despite being rumoured ahead of time Apple released a new model of the iPad today. But it didn't change anything apart from the storage capacity, offering a whopping 128GB of storage for a…
Cook Consolidates Senior Management Team
In a way we all liked to state how much of a mark Tim Cook was leaving upon Apple. Almost every move he made the writers and the bloggers would burst out into the open and exclaim about this was Tim leaving his legacy upon…
Apple Unleashes Mountain Lion
Today Apple has released OS X Mountain Lion in the Mac App Store and into the hands of many eagerly awaiting customers. Priced at just $19.99 (£13.99) this marks Apple's cheapest upgrade and the first OS upgrade in a cycle in which Apple proclaims it…
MacBook Pro with Retina Display Debuts
Coming on the tail of minor updates to Apple’s other notebooks the company took to the stage at WWDC 2012 to unveil a new MacBook Pro with a Retina display. Known as MacBook Pro with Retina Display the new notebook features very powerful innards, long…
Apple Refreshes Notebooks, Desktops Lag Behind
In a demonstration of just how much more important notebooks are to Apple the company today took to the stage at WWDC to refresh all of their portable Macs. Apple gave the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air a minor speed bump as well as releasing…
Apple Blazes into the Future with New iPad
Apple today announced a new iPad finally putting an end to the chorus of iPad 3 rumours that have been circulating for many months. The new iPad, which is simply named iPad, is very much in line with the rumours. Also announced today, in line…
Shareholder Meeting Reveals Little Insight
Apple today held its annual shareholder meeting on its Cupertino campus. The meeting which I gave some detail on at World of Apple yesterday went as expected with no announcements of particular importance. Most notable from the meeting was a continued insistence from CEO Tim…
Ahead of Apple's Annual Shareholder Meeting
Tomorrow Apple will hold its annual shareholder meeting on its Cupertino campus in California. The expectations for this meeting are greater than normal, they’re practically sky high and honestly largely improbable. Apple’s ASM is actually a relatively under-reported event despite its importance. Last year’s meeting…
There's a New Cat in Town
Today it was revealed that late this Summer Apple will release its ninth major release of its desktop OS called OS X 10.8 ‘Mountain Lion’. The announcement which was planned in advance and cleverly timed to be unveiled by a number of large blogs at…
Highlights of Tim Cook Speaking at Goldman Sachs' Conference
Yesterday we were treated to a never before heard of event. Whilst Tim Cook has spoke at Goldman Sachs’ Internet and Technology conference in past years this year marked the first time that Apple has opted to offer a stream of the interview on its…
Apple Hires Dixons CEO John Brewett as Retail Chief
So today we got the answer to a question that we’ve been pondering for a number of months and we got Tim Cook’s first major hire as the official CEO of Apple. But I for one am a little skeptical.
Apple Announces Record Quarterly Revenue of $46.33 billion
Apple today announced financial results for its first fiscal quarter of 2012 which ran from September 25 until December 31. The Company posted revenue of $46.33 billion and net quarterly profit of $13.06 billion, or $13.87 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of…
Predictions Ahead of Apple's Q112 Fiscal Results
Earlier this month I wrote a short piece on Apple’s first fiscal quarter of 2012. The quarter which ran from September 25 until December 31 looks likely to be an all round record breaker for Apple. In that post I focused on Apple’s quarterly revenue…
iPod touch and nano Receive Minor Updates, Price Drops
Apple today updated the iPod touch and iPod nano with the iPod touch now available in black and white. The new iPod nano is available today starting at just $129 and features a redesigned user interface, 16 new digital clock faces and improved built-in fitness…
iOS 5 and iCloud Available October 12
Ahead of the iPhone 4S release on October 14 Apple will release iOS 5 to the public. On the same day, October 12, Apple will unleash iCloud to users of iOS 5 and OS X Lion. “iCloud is the easiest way to manage your content…